Kicking off her presidential campaign in Waterloo, Iowa, Michele Bachmann explained the geographic significance to Fox News: "Well what I want them to know is just like, John Wayne was from Waterloo, Iowa. That's the kind of spirit that I have, too."

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This is problematic, the Washington Timesexplains, because "beloved movie star" John Wayne is not from Bachmann's hometown of Waterloo. John Wayne Gacy, the "killer clown" who raped and murdered 33 teenage boys in the '70s, is from Waterloo. Movie star John Wayne is from Winterset, Iowa. [WashTimes, YouTube]